This Time He's Truly Dead for Good — A Favorable Location for Dealing with the Demoness in Red
This Time He’s Truly Dead for Good — A Favorable Location for Dealing with the Demoness in Red
Yellow sand stretched endlessly, and withered bones in the distance were swept up by the wind. This place was already very close to the Boundary Marker Sea.
One could even feel the fluctuations of battle drifting over—immeasurably vast, with the sounds of slaughter shaking the heavens.
Atop a mountain peak, Gu Changge watched the scene before him with great interest.
Soon, the Hongmeng Purple Mirror shimmered with hazy light. After a blurred figure flashed across its surface, it returned to its previous deathly stillness.
“Who is that old man?”
Gu Xianer asked with some curiosity, her gaze lingering on the Hongmeng Purple Mirror in Gu Changge’s hand.
“The one who saved your maternal grandfather and paternal grandfather back then.”
Gu Changge said indifferently, putting away the Hongmeng Purple Mirror so Gu Xianer wouldn’t keep staring at it longingly.
“The one who saved my grandfathers back then... so that means the old man behind Li Xiu was actually... him.”
Gu Xianer felt a flash of understanding, but what she was more curious about was how the divine object in Gu Changge’s hand had managed to find that old man.
Could it be through the karma he mentioned before? He had formed karma with Li Xiu, so he could use this thing to track down Li Xiu’s whereabouts?
“So the reason you weren’t afraid of failing to find that... War Immortal was because of this.”
Although she really wanted to take a look at what exactly this Hongmeng Purple Mirror was, she knew that given Gu Changge’s personality, he most likely wouldn’t agree.
This made her feel that Gu Changge was far too petty—he actually distrusted her this much.
Was she the kind of person... who would snatch a divine object just because she saw one?
“Let’s go. We’ll find that guy’s hiding place and settle the matter of Li Xiu along the way.”
“Otherwise, the Shen Family will sooner or later suffer his retaliation.”
Gu Changge glanced at her, then rose and transformed into a divine rainbow, leaving the mountain peak. The many powerful figures behind him quickly followed.
“You actually care whether the Shen Family suffers retaliation?”
At first hearing, Gu Xianer thought Gu Changge was worried about the Shen Family suffering retaliation, but on closer thought, that wasn’t right. The reason he was so invested was definitely something else.
Gu Changge was unlikely to care about the Shen Family’s life or death.
Soon, she followed after him, somewhat regretting not bringing the Big Red Bird along. Otherwise, with its abilities, it could have found treasures all the same.
At this moment, within a Space Rift extremely far from this place, a strange sight was unfolding.
Outside, boundary waves surged sky-high, crashing repeatedly, as if real worlds were operating within, emitting rumbling sounds.
As Li Xiu’s old servant entered the Space Rift, runes began to flicker outside, restoring everything to its original state—becoming unclear, shrouded in mist, utterly blurred.
Numerous candles cast from unknown materials were lit along the passageway, dispersing the faint mist around them.
The old man walked in holding a jade jar, appearing extremely reverent and careful, as if he were about to meet some great being.
Outside this broken space lay the Array Patterns he had laid down, with green radiance flowing.
The surrounding stones flickered with faint traces of law, while concealing terrifying killing intent.
He was... worried that Cultivators might stumble into this place and encounter the recuperating War Immortal daren.
Back then, after happening to leave this place, he had encountered Shen Xian’er’s paternal grandfather and maternal grandfather trapped not far away, and he happened to be carrying Li Xiu, who had just condensed a brand-new physical body.
After some deliberation, he had rescued the two of them—all to create an opportunity for Li Xiu to get close to the people of the world.
Unfortunately, man’s calculations fall short of heaven’s. In the end, all his plans and efforts came to nothing, which filled his heart with boundless fury.
“Just a little more Source, and War Immortal daren will be able to reappear in this world. This grudge will not be settled so easily.”
The old man passed through the passageway, and the scene beyond opened up suddenly, as if he had arrived at a resplendent underground palace of gold and jade.
Spiritual energy was dense, immortal mist drifted about, and one could even see strands of the laws of life manifesting and floating in the air.
This was an excellent Sanctuary of Resurrection, located near the Boundary Marker Sea, possessing a kind of natural geographical advantage.
The Boundary Marker Sea was locked in constant warfare year-round, with countless casualties. After many powerful beings fell, their Source dissipated into heaven and earth.
A large portion of it drifted and scattered within the Boundary Marker Sea, and then, through the terrain of this place, was gathered here.
Over the long years, this Sanctuary of Resurrection had thus formed.
Moreover, legend had it that in the deepest part of this Sanctuary of Resurrection lay the Ten Thousand Immortals Altar.
It was said to be an altar from a very ancient epoch, when ten thousand immortals pleaded with the Heavenly Path, seeking a single thread of survival.
The old man didn’t know whether this was true or false, but the Sanctuary of Resurrection was real. Not only could it nourish the War Immortal’s incomplete Life Soul, it could even reconstruct his Physique that had collapsed back then—truly profound beyond measure.
Even the depths of the Lake of Reincarnation, that mysterious place involving the operating laws of the Beyond, was said to be incapable of achieving this.
At the center of the resplendent underground palace stood an ancient bronze coffin, with oil lamps emitting ghostly flames still placed at its four corners.
The oil within was clearly not simple—it came from an extremely special race, grease refined from their spinal bones through a special method, capable of burning for countless years without extinguishing.
Within the ancient bronze coffin slumbered the War Immortal who had once conquered the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
Upon arriving here, the old man became even more reverent, carefully bringing the jade jar in his hands close to the ancient bronze coffin, letting the clusters of light within drift out and finally fall into it.
“Daren...”
He spoke respectfully, intending to report what had happened in the outside world, including Li Xiu’s miserable death.
“I already know.”
An indifferent voice came from within the ancient bronze coffin—very aged, yet also incomparably weak.
Li Xiu was, after all, his new incarnation, their minds connected. Though separated by endless distance, he still knew of what had happened within the Shen Family.
However, he was ultimately different from Li Xiu. Though there were some ripples of emotion, it had not reached the point of thunderous rage.
“Then, daren, how should we avenge this grudge against Gu Changge?”
The old man was taken aback, then asked respectfully.
“There’s no need to concern ourselves with this matter for now. I will condense a new physical body after some time. The people of the Gu Family are not easy to provoke.”
“Moreover, those old enemies of mine... have probably already learned that I’m not dead.”
“Let him be smug for a while.”
The weak voice within the ancient bronze coffin sounded again.
He was full of self-mockery. He never imagined that he, who had once stood high above all, would fall to the point of clinging to a wretched existence.
To the point that even after being humiliated and slain, he still had to endure and hide, not daring to take revenge.
“Yes, daren.”
Grief also showed on the old man’s face. Once upon a time, how high-spirited and invincible had War Immortal daren been?
If not for the heavens and earth not permitting it, he would have long since become a true immortal.
Yet now he could only cling to life slowly within the ancient bronze coffin, needing the old man to search everywhere for physical bodies and Source to help him recover from his injuries.
Even a member of the younger generation could easily humiliate and torment him.
“Someone’s coming...”
At this moment, a somewhat grave and shocked voice suddenly came from within the ancient bronze coffin.
The old man’s expression changed drastically upon hearing this. How had he not sensed it? He had laid down numerous Array Patterns throughout the Sanctuary of Resurrection—if anyone approached, he would absolutely sense it at the first moment.
He was about to turn around when he heard a voice full of interest from behind.
“So you were secretly hiding here. War Immortal daren, we meet again.”
Gu Changge spoke, his gaze falling on the ancient bronze coffin before him. Behind him followed Gu Xianer and the others, all surveying the surroundings.
“You... you’re Gu Changge.”
A chill shot up the old man’s back, and his expression changed drastically. How had Gu Changge gotten in? He had been so careful, so why had he still been tracked?
“It’s the power of karma. It has nothing to do with you.”
“He carries an artifact that can deduce karma, and used it to find this place.”
From within the ancient bronze coffin, the War Immortal Li Xiu’s voice sounded, seemingly explaining to the old man, yet incomparably grave and apprehensive.
Since Gu Changge could find this place, it meant he was absolutely determined not to let him go.
“A Sanctuary of Resurrection—truly, what I sought came without any effort at all.”
Gu Changge surveyed the surroundings, having no time to waste words with the old man before him. He directly brought out the Solar Heavenly Blade and slashed down. Terrifying blade qi pierced through this place, containing a wisp of extreme dao might, instantly landing on the old man.
Pu!! Blood splattered through the void. The old man grunted—his reaction was already fast enough, bringing out his own weapon and activating his strongest Transcendent technique, yet he was still instantly sent flying while vomiting blood, his body nearly exploding.
Though he possessed cultivation at the peak of the Sacred Emperor Realm, how could he be a match for Gu Changge wielding the Solar Heavenly Blade?
Not dying instantly was already proof of his strength.
“We have no enmity between us, so why must you press so relentlessly?”
The War Immortal Li Xiu’s voice came from within the ancient bronze coffin, filled with fury and coldness. He hadn’t expected Gu Changge to be so domineering, leaving no path to survival, slaughtering his way directly to this place.
“No, we do have enmity.”
Gu Changge smiled and struck again, slashing directly at the coffin before him. Instantly, terrifying fluctuations exploded through this place.
The coffin shook violently. Its material was anything but simple, yet it was still sent flying by this slash, and Li Xiu’s corpse within tumbled out.
“This is...”
Gu Xianer’s beautiful eyes widened in shock. She found it hard to connect this tattered corpse covered in green hair with the War Immortal.
“Gu Changge, you...”
Li Xiu was incomparably enraged. His current appearance was utterly horrifying and hideous—his entire body was tattered, without a single intact part.
Moreover, he was covered in green hair as long as a person’s arm.
“Daren...”
The old man also stared blankly at all this, finding it difficult to connect the heroic and invincible War Immortal daren with the green-haired corpse before him. This was hard for him to accept.
“So you’ve already embarked on the Path of the Dead. Such a fine Sanctuary of Resurrection is rather... wasted on you.”
Gu Changge, however, was not surprised by this. The current Li Xiu was clearly in the midst of a transformation or evolution, only the process was still very long.
Even given... another million years, he couldn’t complete it.
During this process, Li Xiu could only be at the mercy of others.
“Damn it...”
“If I were at my peak, would you dare humiliate me like this?”
Li Xiu’s heart burned with rage, but right now he was merely a tattered corpse. Though he possessed consciousness, he couldn’t even move.
Just as Gu Changge had said, right now he could only be at the mercy of others.
Gu Changge didn’t waste time. He had originally wanted to find a soul-nurturing ground anyway. Li Xiu’s current state, in his eyes, was... no different from so-called experience points—he couldn’t even be bothered to say another word.
Weng!!
The next moment, the Solar Heavenly Blade erupted with unparalleled blade momentum, its imperial might vast and surging like a mountain torrent pouring down, slashing straight down.
Accompanied by a miserable scream, Li Xiu’s already-collapsed corpse exploded once more, turning to ash and dust.
This time, he was truly dead for good.
Of course, before that, Gu Changge naturally didn’t forget to plunder Li Xiu’s Fortuity points.
And after doing all this, Gu Changge paid no mind to the System notifications in his head, nor to the golden Fortuity Treasure Chest that had dropped.
He carefully examined this place, feeling that with some arrangement, it could serve as a favorable location in his plan for dealing with the demoness in red.
Of course, the premise was that his guess was correct—otherwise, everything would be for nothing. The half-year time he had left was almost up.